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PATENTED SEPT. 20, 1904.

B. A. RBINBMAN.

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APPLICATION mam APR. 22, 1904.

NO MODEL.

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other suitable material having one end shaped appearance of a club.Preferably, also, the

UNITED STATES Patented September 20, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

TOY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 770,386, datedSeptember 20, 1904.

Application filerL April 22, 1904.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN A. REINEMAN, a

gheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Toys; and I do hereby declare the following to be a Myinvention-relates to toys and amusement devices; and the object is toprovide a device having the appearance of a short club, but soconstlrl'ucted thatgvhen huge? to strike a blow it wi give a on crasqLsound.

A further object is to provide a device of this kind with means wherebyit wil'lgive the sound of a horn, whistle, or other w1nd instrument.

For campaign purposes, torchlight processions, and other jubilees it isthe custom to make extensive use of horns and other devices for creatingloud noises. My invention, is intended for this purpose and is toprovide a device which will produce a loud noise, such as a horn, andwhich will also produce a loud crashing noise when a blow is strucktherewith, the device as a whole having the appearance of a short lightclub, thus making it easy to carry and handle and concealing itsintended purpose, so that parties may be taken by surprise.

The device comprises, generally stated, a long slender body constructedof Wood or to form a convenient handle and having the opposite end cleftor divided, so as to form a pair of members or legs, which terminate inthin flat ends, so that when a blow is struck therewith these ends willcome together with a crash. Preferably the body or cleft portion thereofwill be covered with some flexible fabric, so as to conceal the cleftand give the handle portion will be hollow and in it will be inserted ahorn, whistle, or suitable wind instrument.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the device.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line2 2, Fig. 1; and

' The body 1 of the device will preferably be i Serial No. 204,351. (Nomodel.)

.long and slender, as shown in the drawings,

and will have one end shaped so as to form a convenient handle 2,whereby the same may be grasped and carried. The body is cleft ordivided from its opposite end, as indicated at 3, this cleft extending,preferably, for more than half the length of the instrument. This cleftdivides the body into two legs or members 4,-*-Which preferably willtaper toward their ends and terminate in thin flat end por- The innerface of these legs will prefto form the cleft or it may be made of twoseparate members of the desired shape andsecured together at the handleportion. The legs normally will be slightly separated from each other,and the material will be sufficiently flexible, so that when a blow isstruck the two legs will come together and produce a loud sound.

Preferably the cleft portion of the instrument will be covered withcloth, leather, or other suitable flexible material 6, so as to concealthe cleft and give the appearance of asolid club. The end 7, however,will be left open. The instrument as a whole is light and of neatappearance and resembles quite closely an ordinary policemans club orsimilar stick. It can be used either as a horn or similar windinstrument or by striking a blow on any convenient object or even on theback of a person will produce a loud crashing sound. By reason of theconcealment-of the cleft in the instrument the crashing sound can beproduced much to the astonishment of lookerS-on.

What I claim is 1. A device of the kind described comprising a longnarrow club-like body separated or cleft from one of its ends to formlegs integral with the body and provided with fiat inner faces whichnormally are out of contact with each other and adapted when a blow isgiven to come together with a crash.

2. A device of the kind described comprising a long narrow club-likebody having one end thereof shaped to form a handle and being separatedor cleft from its other end so as to form thin legs integral with thehandle and normally separated from each other and provid ed with flatinner faces adapted when a blow is given to come together with a crash.

3. A device of the kind described comprising a long narrow club-likebody having one end thereof shaped to form a handle and being separatedor cleft from its other end so as to form thin flat-faced legs normallyseparated from each other, and a fabric or other flexible materialcovering the cleft portion of said body.

4. A device of the kind described comprising a long narrow club-likebody having one end thereof shaped to form a handle, and being separatedor cleft from its other end to form thin legs integral with the handleand normally separated from each other, said handle having a holeextending therethrough from its end and intersecting the cleft.

In testimony whereof I, the said EDWIN A. REINEMAN, have hereunto set myhand.

EDWIN A. REINEMAN. Witnesses:

MARGARET C. KEEBLI, G. C. RAYMOND.

